Sophie Celina Scheder (born 7 January 1997) is a retired German artistic gymnast."Sophie Scheder" . fig.lx2.sportcentric.com. October 1. Retrieved October 2, 2013. She is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on the uneven bars.
Senior career 2013 Scheder competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships,"News Photo". gettyimages.com. October 1, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013. where she finished 5th on the uneven bars.Women's uneven bars Results
2014 Scheder started the season competing at the American Cup held in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she placed 7th."2014 AT&T American Cup Meet Results" Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016. A few weeks later she competed at the Cottbus Challenge Cup, where she won the bars title with a 14.925."Women's Uneven Bars Final Results" Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016. At the 2014 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Sofia, she again made the bars final and placed 5th with a score of 14.733."Team Championships Seniors Apparatus Finals" Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016. At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, she only competed in qualifications, as a fall on the uneven bars prevented her from making the final."Women's Qualification Results" Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
2015 At the 2015 São Paulo Challenge Cup, Scheder captured two medals, a silver on the uneven bars with a 14.875 and a bronze on balance beam with a 14.0."2015 Sao Paulo Challenge Cup Results" Thegymter.net. Retrieved 22 March 2016. She was selected to compete at the 1st European Games in Baku, along with Elisabeth Seitz and Leah Griesser. There, she placed 4th in the All-Around with a score of 54.932,"Women's All-Around Results" Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016. 2nd on the uneven bars with a 15.2"Women's Apparatus Finals" Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016. and 2nd with her team. In October, she competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow along with Elisabeth Seitz, Pauline Schäfer, Leah Griesser, Pauline Tratz and Lisa Katharina Hill, where they placed 12th as a team."Women's Qualification Team Results" Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016. Individually, she placed 8th on bars with a 14.6."Women's Apparatus Finals Results" Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
2016: Rio Summer Olympics Scheder started the season by winning the bars and beam titles and also placing 2nd in the all-around at the German National Team Cup."2016 German National Team Cup Results" Thegymter.net. Retrieved 22 March 2016. Two weeks later, she competed at the DTB-Pokal Stuttgart World Cup, where she finished in a historic 1st place with a score of 57.032."DTB-Pokal All-Around World Cup 2016" Gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016. After the competition, she was selected to represent her country at the 2016 Olympic Test Event. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she helped the German team finish in sixth place and also finished 23rd in the individual all-around. At the uneven bars, Scheder had a 15.566 score and claimed the bronze medal behind Madison Kocian and Aliya Mustafina, becoming the first German gymnast to win an uneven bars medal since Dagmar Kersten in 1988, and the first for modern day Germany.
2017 In April 2017, Scheder underwent knee surgery in Vail, Colorado after experiencing persisting, heavy pains in her knees.
2019 In September Scheder was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Kim Bui, Emelie Petz, Sarah Voss, and Elisabeth Seitz. She ended up withdrawing due to injury.
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